Strauss Health Sciences Library Strategic Plan 2026
Each year, the library reviews the state of the CU Anschutz campus, innovations in information science and technology, trends in publishing and higher education, budget updates, and evolving student needs to identify a critical strategic goal for the year.
In 2026, while maintaining regular service activities, the Strauss library will adjust to the likely addition of new student service departments in the library’s physical space. As the library modifies employee workspaces and integrates new neighbors, the aim will be to avoid disruption for patrons. During times of uncertainty and change, our top priority is to be a source of reliability and trust.
High Priority Goals for 2026
A welcoming, flexible space for our community
- Objective: Project stability and trustworthiness in all interactions.
- Objective: Implement employee space consolidation to ensure uninterrupted services to patrons as we welcome additional departments into the library.
Organized access to physical and electronic resources that users need
- Objective: Inventory and organize archive and artifacts backlog to better serve campus needs for historical information.
- Objective: Complete the repository migration (complete) and evaluate the new interface.
Access to ample synchronous and asynchronous training and research services
- Objective: Participation in the research process on campus through library classes, consultations, and guides that support researchers in their work.
Seamless technology to support the University’s mission
- Objective: Support patrons in the transition of EZproxy to cloud hosted service to increase business continuity and disaster preparedness. complete
Library users and partners are informed of library resources and services
- Objective: Improve marketing to increase visibility, usage and inclusion in new campus branding and marketing for the purpose of promoting our value to the campus community.
- Objective: Create a triage document for reference in case of extended absence to ensure business continuity. complete
(Last updated July 2026)